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[[Investiture]] is a third category of material, analogous to matter and energy; just as matter and energy can be converted into each other, Investiture can be converted to matter or energy, and vice versa.{{wob ref|3544}} Like matter and energy, it can neither be created nor destroyed, only changed from one form to another.{{wob ref|1649}} Investiture thus adheres to the laws of thermodynamics, though, in the cosmere, there is a yet-unknown fourth law that relates to Adonalsium.{{wob ref|3544}} Like regular matter and energy, Investiture, when highly concentrated, causes time dilation.{{wob ref|13425}} Investiture mostly exists in the Spiritual Realm, though it is more precisely understood as transcending the Realms.{{wob ref|5610}} However, it can also exist in a "condensed" form in the Physical Realm as solid, liquid, or gas;{{msh ref|6|7}} any pure Investiture in a solid state is always a metal.{{wob ref|9291}}
Investiture has a property that associates it with one of the sixteen Shards of Adonalsium; at the Shattering of Adonalsium, all Investiture was divided evenly between the Shards.{{wob ref|8605}}{{wob ref|9385}}{{wob ref|5313}} Even though, as a result of the Shattering, all Investiture is associated with a Shard, Investiture also remains linked to Adonalsium in some way and the Shattering meant "everything and nothing at the same time" to Investiture.{{wob ref|9385}} A Shard can "co-opt" another Shard's Investiture, which will usually be denoted by the color red.{{wob ref|8340}}
Investiture can be divided into two categories: '''Kinetic Investiture''' and '''Innate Investiture'''. Kinetic Investiture refers to Investiture actively doing something and can be detected with various Invested Arts, like [[Allomancy|Allomantic]] [[bronze]], which can also distinguish between the Investiture of different Shards.{{wob ref|5715}}{{wob ref|6649}} Innate Investiture refers to held Investiture, which a person could turn into Kinetic Investiture, but is not currently doing anything as well as Investiture inherent in a person, like the piece of [[Preservation]] in all [[Scadrial|Scadrians]] and [[Breath]] in [[Nalthis|Nalthians]].{{wob ref|5715}}{{wob ref|1072}}
Cosmere scholars term the various methods of utilizing Investiture, such as the [[Metallic Arts]], [[Surgebinding]], and [[Awakening]], "manifestations of Investiture."{{book ref|mb4|part=ars}} Since the Shattering, these can be grouped into three main categories. The most common are those powered directly by the Shards,{{wob ref|4097}} which arise from the interactions between a Shard and the planet they are Invested in.{{wob ref|5269}} Such manifestations of Investiture are capable of far more spectacular results than other manifestations of Investiture.{{wob ref|9385}}{{wob ref|4097}} If a planet does not have a Shard in residence, it inhabitants can still access and use Investiture by the ordinary laws of Realmatics, but, without a Shard to provide additional power, the results are far more limited.{{wob ref|9385}} The last category is the few manifestations of Investiture left over from before the Shattering of Adonalsium,{{wob ref|4097}} of which the only known example is [[Yolen|Yolish]] [[Lightweaving]]. Red generally signifies that one Shard is co-opting and corrupting another Shard's manifestation of Investiture.{{wob ref|8340}}▼
▲Cosmere scholars term the various methods of utilizing Investiture
=== Adonalsium ===
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